Accession Number | PR04485 |
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Collection type | Private Record |
Record type | Collection |
Measurement | 2 Wallets |
Object type | Letter, Document, Greeting card |
Maker |
Linton, Alfred William |
Date made | 1940-1945 |
Access | Open |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copying Provisions | Copyright restrictions apply. Only personal, non-commercial, research and study use permitted. Permission of copyright holder required for any commercial use and/or reproduction. |
Linton, Alfred William (Engine Room Artificer, b.1922)
Collection relating to the Second World War service of PM7101 Engine Room Artificer IV Alfred William Linton, Royal Australian Navy. Collection consists of 27 Letters from ERA Linton [Fred] to his girlfriend/fiancee [later wife] Marjorie Joy Dawes [Joy] ranging between 1940 to 1945 including illustrated envelopes; Greeting card from Marjorie; Christmas card from ERA Linton dated 1944; Letter written by Harry Emerson Fosdick advising Marjorie that Mr A W Linton worshiped at the Riverside Church; Telegram from ERA Linton to his wife Majorie; Certificate of Capability of Engine Room Artificers; Naval pay and identity book; Service documents; Sympathy card sent to Marjorie from the daughters of Mrs M A McGuiness; Envelope containing 4 postcards of various sights in England and Scotland, Newspaper clipping about the HMAS Australia, photo of the HMAS Australia and a City of Plymouth visit of HMAS Australia cinema card; 2 postcards from ERA Linton to his wife Marjorie and one to 'Miss Dawes' from an unknown sender.